Horseshoe.



J. KUNDIS.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED APBJB, 1914.

1 1 07,620. Patented Aug. 18,1914.

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HORSESHOE.

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subjectl ofthe Emperor of .Allsiliarl'lungary,

to provide a horseshoe readily attached to the hoof of the horse without the employment of nails or similar hold-fast devices but providing a structure that is readily slipped on and off of the hoof although having a firm locking means for employment when the shoe is in use.

A further object of the device is to provide a horseshoe provided with a resilient securing band and a pivoted locking plate, and whereby the shoe may be readily applied and removed as well as adjusted by the manipulation of a single bolt.

With these general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrcngement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyino drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims. l

In the drawings forming a part of this application and wherein like designating numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views r-F igure 1 is a top plan view of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a shoe mounted upon a portion of a hoof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of substantially one-half of the shoe illustrated as detached from the hoof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the horseshoe 10 of substantially the usual form is provided having the toe-calli 11 and two heel calks 12 upon its lower surface while an inwardly-inclined toe-plate 13 being arcuate in cross-section is mounted upon the toe portion of the shoe.

The horses hoof, a portion of which is illustrated at 14 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is adapted to be seated upon the upper surface 15 of the shoe which surface substantially conforms to the configuration thereof, the hoof being positioned with its forward portion :fitting against the inner face of the front plate 13. Resilient metallic straps 16 `Specification of Letters Patent. Ag nnqation iled April. 16;, wie.. Serielle.

are; secured tol the front, plate 13y and extend Patented Aug. 1S, 1914. 832,336.

in opposite directions therefrom around: the hoof and are provided with integral angulw 2.113115 17 adapted to fit against` the rear of the. hoof and to be removably secured in position by the locking bolt 18 positioned i through ppposite aliningr perforations19 of the term1nal-`` rearwardly-extendmg parallel lugs 2O carried upon the inner adjacent extremities of .the 11ans 17. i

mounted upon opposite sides of the shoe Upwardly projecting side plates' 21 are l0 and adjacent the outer edges thereof for bearing against the opposite sides of the hoof for preventing any side movement of the hoof upon the shoe while a hinged rear plate 22 is mounted upon the upper face of the shoe at the rear extremity of each heel portion thereof, and is connected by a hinge 23 to the carrying heel portion. The said plates 22 are each provided at their top with a marginal projecting fiange 24e adapted to fit beneath the rear arms 17 of the straps 16 when said rear plates are vertically placed in their closed positions, and by which engagement, the plates are locked flatly against the hoof by means of the said locking bolt 18.

The complete operation of the device, it will be noted, consists in applying the shoe by means of seating the hoof thereupon with the straps 16 sprung therearound and with the strap arms closed upon the end plates and all of which are locked in position by means of the bolt 18 while the shoe is readily removed by either loosening or removing the said bolt from its engaging lugs 20.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferred embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms and modifications may be resorted to which will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Vhat I claim as new iszl. In combination with a horseshoe, a forwardly-positioned inclined plate and upwardly projecting marginal side plates mounted thereon and adapted for the reception of a horses hoof therebetween and upon the shoe, end plates hinged to the rear ends of the heel portions of the shoe and being of substantially the sameY width as the shoe, projecting marginal angular flanges upon the tops of said end plates,

resilient straps securedy to' and oppositely projecting from said front plate and adapted for surrounding the hoof when positioned upon the shoe, angular rear arms upon said straps adapted for engagement beneath said rear plate flanges when said- "rearplates are in closed position upon the hoof, pierced rearwardly-projecting lugs at the adjacent inner ends of said rear arms, and a locking bolt removably positioned 'through `the perforations of said lugs.

2. A` device of the class described, com-3 prising a ca-lked shoe, an inwardly-inclined Jfront plate arcuate in cross-section mounted upon the hoof-engaging face of said shoe,y l

marginal projecting singularly-positioned side plates mounted upon said hoof-engag- `upon the upper edges ofa iin'gislioe face, plates of substantially the same Width as ,said shoe and hinged to the upper rear edge of the heel portions of the shoe, outwardly-projecting marginal flanges said rear plates, resilient oppositely-extending straps secured to rsaid front plate and adapted for encirclingaV hoof positioned upon said shoe and extending beneath said rear plate anges, and a flocking bolt adjustably secured between the projecting rear ends of said straps.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KUNDIS. Witnesses:

MIKE SUsUK, MICHAEL FiALLA.

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